#172 bracken

bracken- large course ferns having large fronds with spore cases along the undersides and extensive underground stems; a clump of any of these ferns

- C14 Scandinavian origin; Swedish braken, Danish bregne

The hectares previously cultivated have now reverted to grassland and heath, and bracken is encroaching.

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